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A Greek citizen’s inability to hurl pizza dough in the air has played a role in a judge’s decision to deny him an immigrant I-140 work visa. Eleutherios Spirou’s troubles began when he sought a visa with the defendant U.S. ...

Just when it looked like an ugly bankruptcy dispute between a local bank and a Boston church was on the right track, things have taken a nasty turn. More than a year before a bankruptcy case was filed in Judge ...

Talk about a double whammy. Michael D. Tierney found himself facing drunk-driving charges in two states as the result of a single, short trip from South Attleboro to Pawtucket, Rhode Island, last November. But some good lawyering has at least ...

The parties Two pharmaceutical salesmen, who were preparing to blow the whistle on wrongdoing by their British-based employer, GlaxoSmithKline, retained the Colorado firm Cross & Bennett to represent them. But seven years into the case and shortly before their False ...

The Boston legal community is being asked to adopt a Silicon Valley mindset to improve access to justice. In conjunction with the American Bar Association’s annual meeting, which kicks off in Boston on Aug. 7, the ABA Journal has teamed ...

Supreme Judicial Court Justice Judith A. Cowin retired more than three years ago, but try telling her that. If she’s not helping one of Boston’s top law firms win an appeal, she might be halfway around the globe, talking family ...

Why is it that the moment of clarity — when you realize writing an email was a grave mistake — invariably occurs the instant after you hit “send”? For those who wished there was a way to “un-send” that misguided ...

A Boston lawyer is in a feud with the U.S. State Department that drives at the heart of a hotly debated topic: Should blogs be considered journalism? Murphy & King’s Theodore J. Folkman, who covers international judicial assistance on his ...

He’s seeking $100,000 in damages but Martin Odemena might want to consider some extra credit instead. In a recently filed U.S. District Court suit, Odemena alleges that Massachusetts School of Law and one of its professors killed his legal career ...

The Supreme Judicial Court’s Ralph D. Gants isn’t the only member of his family making legal news these days. Gants’ wife, Deborah A. Ramirez, and son, Michael R. Gants, are closely involved in a pair of innovative projects that promote ...